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JERUSALEM (AP) — Former television star Roseanne Barr says she will be traveling to Israel in January and has been invited to address the country's parliament. Barr announced her visit to Israel on Monday, saying her aim is to "further my own knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history" and speak out "...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The assertion that "truth isn't truth," made by a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2018. Rudy Giuliani's statement came in an August interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" when he told host Chuck...

By Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives (CNN) -- The television industry seems to have survived the sacrilege of daring to continue the story of Roseanne's family, after first dumping the famous/infamous actress who played the part, Roseanne Barr, and then killing off her character, off-screen...

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) -- Warning: This story contains spoilers about the series premiere of "The Conners." So, Roseanne was right. Nearly five months since ABC's much-publicized axing of its "Roseanne" revival from its lineup, the network on Tuesday premiered "The Conners," a half hour spin...

NEW YORK (AP) — The 10.5 million people who tuned in to ABC to watch the premiere of ABC's sitcom "The Conners" is a classic half-full, half-empty story. It was the first time the old "Roseanne" cast had appeared without Roseanne Barr, and viewers were curious how the sitcom would deal with her...

NEW YORK (AP) — "The Tonight Show" canceled an appearance by Norm Macdonald after criticism of his comments about the MeToo movement and fellow comedians Louis C.K. and Roseanne Barr. In a statement, NBC said it canceled Tuesday's appearance "out of sensitivity to our audience." The former "...

By Chloe Melas (CNN) -- Roseanne Barr says she plans to be abroad when "The Conners" premieres without her this fall. Barr told her longtime friend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, during the latest installment of his podcast , that she won't be tuning into the "Roseanne" spinoff. Instead, she'll be halfway...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Goodman is speculating that this fall's "Roseanne" spinoff will mean curtains for the matriarch played by Roseanne Barr. In an interview with the Sunday Times of London, Goodman said he wasn't sure how the new series, titled "The Conners," will be structured. But he guessed...

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) -- Roseanne Barr called the racially offensive tweet that triggered her firing a "big misunderstanding" and "a big mistake," reiterating that she was "sad that people thought it was racist" during a rambling, tearful, wide-ranging TV interview. "I've apologized a lot,"...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Roseanne Barr's first TV interview since her ABC sitcom was canceled for a racist tweet, the comedian apologized for her "ill-worded" post and insisted she isn't a bigot. During her hour-long interview on Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel show Thursday, Barr lamented the damage...